Is Wartortle Good in Yellow Playthrough?
Squirtle levels up quickly once it joins. Wartortle handles Blaine and Giovanni without trouble and reaches Blastoise well before the E4 if you keep it in the rotation.
Squirtle resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Misty's typing presses Squirtle's defenses.
Lt. Surge's team hits Squirtle's weaknesses hard.
Wartortle trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Squirtle is given to you as a gift on Vermilion City at Lv 10. Defeat Lt. Surge. Officer Jenny in Vermilion City gives you a Squirtle after you defeat Lt. Surge and earn the Thunderbadge. She found it causing trouble around town.
- After Misty
- TM11WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- TM08NormalBody Slam85100%15
- After Lt. Surge
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- After Erika
- TM10NormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 35NormalSkull Bash130100%10
- LV 42WaterHydro Pump16580%5
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Giovanni
- TM05NormalMega Kick12075%5
Your Squirtle should hit Level 16 before you reach Erika, at typical leveling pace.
- After Misty
- TM11WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- TM08NormalBody Slam85100%15
- After Lt. Surge
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- After Erika
- TM10NormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 39NormalSkull Bash130100%10
- LV 47WaterHydro Pump16580%5
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Giovanni
- TM05NormalMega Kick12075%5
Your Wartortle should hit Level 36 before you reach Koga, at typical leveling pace.
- After Misty
- TM11WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- After Erika
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- TM10NormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 42NormalSkull Bash130100%10
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- TM26GroundEarthquake100100%10
- LV 52WaterHydro Pump16580%5
How to Get Wartortle in Yellow
No wild encounters for Wartortle. The 3-stage chain runs through Squirtle, which you can catch at solid rates from the locations below. Evolve at level 36 once you've got the levels.
Wartortle Weakness
Wartortle is weak to Electric and Grass. Not many exploitable gaps in the Water typing defensive chart. Wartortle's Water typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice |
- Only 15 types exist — Dark, Steel, and Fairy are absent
- Ghost has no effect on Psychic (a known bug, fixed in Gen II)
- Special stat governs both offense and defense — no Sp.Atk / Sp.Def split
What is Wartortle Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Wartortle
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
 Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
 Bellsprout GrassPoison | D | |
 Oddish GrassPoison | C | |
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
Bellsprout GrassPoison | D | |
Oddish GrassPoison | C | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Tangela Grass | C | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Tangela Grass | C | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
In Yellow, Jolteon can KO Wartortle with Thunderbolt (116-137%).
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Recommended Build Moves
Damage vs Wartortle View Jolteon builds →Thunderbolt 2x116-137%KO Pin Missile6-7% | ||
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Recommended Build Moves
Damage vs Wartortle View Venusaur builds →Body Slam24-29% | ||
Wartortle Evolutions
Wartortle sits between Squirtle and Blastoise in this three-stage chain. A Water type at 390 stats that can't breed. HP has grown the most so far (+15), but there's still another 140 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Y Wartortle Best Moveset
MoveSurf and MoveBlizzard coverage from 80 Special, acceptable in isolation but Starmie runs the same moves at 100 Special and 115 Speed. Outpaced by every Water-type above it. One more evolution short.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Hydro Pump
- Blizzard
- Mega Kick
- Body Slam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Most of Wartortle's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Hydro Pump and Surf, but Normal and Dark and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When tapped, this POKéMON will pull in its head, but its tail will still stick out a little bit.
Wartortle Yellow Guide
At 390 BST, Wartortle is firmly in pre-evolution territory. Evolve it into Blastoise before bringing it to any serious fight.
Wartortle is a special attacker with base 65 Special. Enough bulk to take a hit or two, too. Speed tells the real story. At base 58 Speed, it won't be moving first often.
In Yellow, For a casual playthrough, Wartortle works as a placeholder. Water coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Blastoise. That's where the stats start mattering.
For Yellow, the core moveset is Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Mega Kick, and Body Slam. Hydro Pump leads at 0% usage. This set covers the balanced role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Wartortle appears in 21 games spanning 10 generations. Gen 1 originals like Wartortle have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves